Feea R. Leifker
Pennsylvania State University
13 Papers
13 Citations
Feea R. Leifker is an academic researcher from Pennsylvania State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Social support. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 10 publications. Previous affiliations of Feea R. Leifker include Emory University.
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Papers
Determinants of everyday outcomes in schizophrenia: The influences of cognitive impairment, functional capacity, and symptoms
TL;DR: The results suggest that real-world disability is the product of a complex array of ability deficits and symptoms, indicating interventions will need to be carefully targeted.
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Validating Measures of Real-World Outcome: The Results of the VALERO Expert Survey and RAND Panel
TL;DR: The results show that although there are significant limitations with current scales used for the assessment of RW outcome in schizophrenia, a consensus is possible and several existing instruments were rated as useful for measuring social, residential, and vocational outcomes.
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Gender differences in the impact of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms on community couples' intimacy behaviors.
TL;DR: Women appeared to be resilient against the potential negative impact of PTSD symptoms on their ability to continue providing intimacy behaviors to their partners, and this finding supports prior literature while increasing generalizability beyond samples of male combat veterans.
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Stressors Experienced by Women Within Marine Corps Families: A Qualitative Study of Discourse Within an Online Forum
Victoria Jennings-Kelsall,Lindsey S. Aloia,Denise Haunani Solomon,Amy D. Marshall,Feea R. Leifker +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, social constructionist perspective was used to explore the socioemotional and relational aspects of stress experienced by significant others of active duty Marines, and interpretive methods were applied to data from an online forum for Marine Corps wives, fiancees and girlfriends.
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The differential diagnostic accuracy of the PTSD Checklist among men versus women in a community sample
TL;DR: It is suggested that use of the PCL-S to screen for PTSD among potential study participants may lead to gender biased study results, even when separate diagnostic cut-points for men and women are used.